ISLAMABAD: The special court of customs, excise and taxation on Friday deferred supermodel Ayyan Ali`s indictment in currency smuggling case after her counsel objected to the challan submitted against her in the court.

The supermodel`s counsel, Khurram Latif Khosa, contended before the special judge of the court that the prosecutionhadmentionedits witnesses Mohammad Awais and Mumtaz in the case as accused, therefore, they should have been arrested by the customs authorities.

He argued that these two witnesses have been included in the category of suspects but the prosecution did not complete the process to implicate them. Customs authorities, however, said evidence clearly showed that Ayyan was involved in the currency smuggling case.

After hearing the arguments, the court directed the investigating officers to complete the challan after arrestingthetwosuspectsandsubmit it by September 4.

Meanwhile, Islamabad High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking inclusion of Ayyan Ali`s name in Exit Control List as the supporting documents were incomplete.